RPC I, 859

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 859
Province Mauretania
Region Africa
City Tingi
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Quintus Fabius Fabullus (quattuorvir) ; Gaius Iulius Atticus (quattuorvir) ; Lucius Aemilius (aedile) ; Lucius Valerius (aedile)
Dating 38–33 BC
Obverse inscription EX D D
Obverse design diademed female head (Venus-Astarte?), right; all in a laurel wreath
Reverse inscription L AEMI L VAL AED, (around) Q FAB FABVL C IVL ATTIC IV
Reverse design between two ears corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 2, 3, 7, 9, 11
Reference Maz 614, 615, 616 and 619, Amandry II, Alexandropoulos 162
Specimens 15 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     RBW = CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 1060 = Hispanic Society of America, 24668 = Joaquim José Judice Dos Santos Collection (Part II, J. Schulman, 5 June 1906), lot 2832
2 2     NY: 1944.100.81170
3 3     NY: 1944.100.81171
4 4     Va = FITA, pl. VI, 10
5 5     Madrid
6 6     Madrid
7 7     Ra
8 8     S de C 904
9 9     Atalaya
10 10     Atalaya
11 11     NY: 2015.20.835 RBW
12 12     Vico 132, 14 Nov. 2012, lot 713
13 13     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 322
14 14     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 53, 7 Feb. 2019, lot 57
15 15     Jesús Vico S.A. 165, Cores coll., 23 Feb. 2023, lot 2217